The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 20 April 2024

[C1639/8/49]1

[Supplications remitted to the privy council; supplications and ratification to be taken into further consideration; act partly approved]

Supplication by Sir James Sinclair for building a wardhouse in Caithness, remitted to the council.

Supplication by [John Stewart], earl of Carrick, [Andrew Gray], lord Gray, Sir James Sinclair and others, craving order to be taken with [John] Gordon of Ardlogie, appoints Sir James Sinclair to speak with [George Gordon], marquis of Huntly relating thereto.

Supplication and grievances presented by Sir Patrick MacKie [of Larg] for the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, remitted to the council.

Ratification of the privileges granted to the college of justice, given to John Smith [of Grotehill] to be advised until after noon.

Act discharging proxies and that no patent of nobility be granted to any but such as has 10,000 merks of land rent. The first part of the act regarding the discharge of proxies read, voted and passed in articles, and the second part of the act craving that no patent of nobility may be granted to any who are not natives, but such as have 10,000 merks of land rent, the same is remitted and recommended to [John Stewart, earl of Traquair], the commissioner's grace, to be represented and remonstrated to his majesty.

Supplication by Edward Spencer, currier2, continued until after noon.

[Act to be taken into further consideration; commission for trying the privileges of the justiciary approved; protests against; act continued]

Act giving liberty to the subjects who will undertake to erect the powder work read in articles, who appointed the same to be shown to [Alexander Livingstone], earl of Linlithgow; and accordingly the same was delivered to [Sir John Hamilton of Orbiston], justice clerk, to be given to the Earl of Linlithgow.

Commission for trying the privileges of the justiciary etc. read, voted and passed in articles. [Archibald Campbell], earl of Argyll protested that the granting of the said commission, or any power thereby conferred upon the commissioners, be not extended to his office of justiciary nor in any way prejudicial thereto3 or any privileges contained in his gift granted thereupon to him by his majesty, and thereupon asked instruments. And also [John Lindsay], lord Lindsay4 repeated the said protestation for his justiciary, and thereupon asked instruments, which protestations admits. Memorandum, that every estate promised to advise upon the persons who are to be commissioners.

Act suppressing the distinction and difference of spiritual and temporal lords of session continued.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.15(a) r.
  2. Defined in OED as one whose trade is the dressing and colouring of leather after it is tanned.
  3. 'but that his said offices be altogether excepted from coming within the powers of the said commissioners, and also [...]', deleted.
  4. John Lindsay had actually been created Earl of Lindsay in May 1633.